"How many people could be put to work renovating an old mill of several thousand square feet? That possibility will be gone forever once the mill and its unique and soaring architecture, its solid floor and thick walls and imposing elevation are reduced from a one-hundred-twenty-two year old structure to a pile of recyclable pieces and truckload after truckload going into a construction and demolition landfill space.

The end of the line for Lawndale's 1888 mill building with its myriad of changes, additions and subtractions over the years saddens me more than I can say..."

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The Flaw-Picker's Great-Great Nephew @ blogspot (11/7/2010)